21st

Century Lesson Cycle Template

Grade: 7 -9 Subject: Responding to a fire drill
Class #2 of 3 Unit: Life Skills

Driving Question:

Can you independently respond appropriately to a fire alarm in the school?

Do you know where to meet your class once you have exited the building after a fire alarm?

Life skills related - Students will exit the school efficiently using the proper exit in the event
of a fire drill.
Students will line up on the soccer field with their classmates following a fire drill.

Outcomes:

Expected Time: 3x30 minute classes:

Class #2: 5 minutes for review of terminology and exits from yesterdays classrooms, video
available as needed, 20-25 minutes for performance-based assessment completed by
students and teacher: Responding to a fire drill.

Resources:
Fire exit maps from English, math & social studies, science and French classrooms.
iPad with Tools4Students app and Airplay from teacher Mac book.

Video
Fire drill checklist assessment
Student ipads pre-loaded with various creativity tools.
Fire drill response rubric

Lesson Procedure
21st century skills

Teacher does (I Do):
find, validate

remember, understand
Review key words/concepts on white board (left, right, collaborate, communicate
hallway, downstairs, soccer field, line up, etc).
analyze, synthesize
Video is available for students to watch.
critical thinking
Review checking the escape routes in the Learning
evaluate, leverage
Centre and modeling the directions for primary exit and
create, publish
alternate exit.
citizenship

Individual student work (You Do):

Students use steps from video and key words to
demonstrate proper response to a fire drill from the
Learning Centre.

find, validate
remember, understand
collaborate, communicate
analyze, synthesize
critical thinking

evaluate, leverage
create, publish
citizenship
Group work (We Do):
find, validate

remember, understand
Review the exits and alternate exits for fire drill from
collaborate, communicate
the other 4 classrooms from class #1 and Checklist from analyze, synthesize
last class. Discuss areas needed for improvement. Next, critical thinking
demonstrate ability to exit the school from identified
evaluate, leverage
classrooms and complete Fire Exit Checklist
create, publish
individually.
citizenship




Lesson Wrap Up:

Review key words and exiting procedures from each of the classrooms used today.

Differentiation/Modification/Enrichment:

Demonstrate knowledge of fire exits of their other classrooms not covered in first 2 classes.

Assessment:

Fire Exit Checklist students demonstrate their ability to follow the correct exit and
alternate exit of the 5 classrooms listed.

Teacher Reflection:














Safely uses escape route from the Learning Centre.

Safely uses alternate escape route from the Learning Centre.

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Safely uses escape route from Mr Bruhms room.

Safely uses alternate escape route from Mr. Bruhms room.

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Safely uses escape route from Mrs. Wentzells room.

Safely uses alternate escape route from Mrs. Wentzells rooom.

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Safely uses escape route from Ms. DeLongs room.

Safely uses alternate escape route from Ms. DeLongs room.

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Safely uses escape route from the Mr. OHearons room.

Safely uses alternate escape route from Mr. OHearons room.

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